Green skills and careers

  • All jobs in the future will need enhanced green skills to contribute to improving the natural environment and addressing climate change.
  • ‘Green skills’ can be found in most sectors including construction, transport, energy, digital, financial, and professional services. Lancashire Careers Information - Green and Low Carbon Opportunities Animation (Portal)
  • There are different pathways into jobs across these sectors that will help reduce our carbon footprint, including retrofitting, transport, energy, and digital.
  • Lancashire Skills & Employment Hub offers Skills Bootcamps, which are intensive and flexible courses of up to 16 weeks, giving people the opportunity to build up sector-specific skills and fast track to an interview with a local employer. Find out more about available courses.
  • The Retrofit Academy: this not-for-profit training company works in partnership with the government and industry to drive the development of retrofitters nationwide. Find available courses at The Retrofit Academy.
  • UK Skills Academy: this is a specialist Digital, Construction and Low Carbon training, education, and assessment organisation. Find available courses at UK Skills Academy
  • Higher-level skills and qualifications: There are several higher educational options in Lancashire that offer courses related to the green economy. Lancaster University, University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), and Edge Hill University, which all offer Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths (STEM), as well as other green sector related courses.
  • Higher level and degree apprenticeships: Apprenticeships have become a popular choice for employers and people in Lancashire in the green sector. People of any working age can become an apprentice and learn the skills while earning a wage. You can find current apprenticeship vacancies.